NEWS - Read Ministry of Budget and National Planning's statement on the controversial Lagos-Calabar rail project

Read the statement as released by Akpandem James, Media Adviser to the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma below. 

In view of the recent controversies surrounding the 2016 budget, it has become necessary to state the following so as to set the facts straight:

The details of the 2016 budget were received by the President on Thursday, April 7, 2016.

Immediately this was received the President, desirous of signing the document into law as soon as possible, directed that copies should be made available to Heads of the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government.

Ministers were asked to go through the details and give their reactions as it affects their respective Ministries so as to guide the President and enable him sign the Appropriation Bill into law.

That process is still on-going and no statement has been issued by the Executive on the matter, apart from the one by the Honourable Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohamnmed, to confirm that details of the budget are being examined. No final decision has been taken by the President and no other statement whatsoever has been issued on the matter.

With reference to the specific issue of the Calabar – Lagos rail project, we will like to state that the two railway projects, Lagos – Kano and the Calabar – Lagos, are very important projects of the present administration; and it was always the intention of the Executive to have both projects reflected in the budget submitted to the National Assembly.

However, it will be recalled that the Budget Office made a number of errors in the initial proposals of a number of ministries. These errors were all corrected by the Ministry of Budget and National Planning and the corrected versions were submitted to the relevant committees of the National Assembly. This included that of the Ministry of Transportation.

The amended Ministry of Transportation budget was accepted by the relevant committees and that was the version defended by the Minister of Transportation and his team.
It must be emphasized that the two rail projects are part of those for which the President is currently negotiating funding with the Chinese government.

The N60b provided in the budget for the Lagos – Kano and Calabar – Lagos rail lines, respectively, is counterpart funding, to support the Chinese financing for the projects.
These projects are part of the Strategic Implementation Plan of the government which was disclosed by the Minister of Budget and National Planning at the National Economic Council Retreat in March 2016, in the presence of state governors. They were also mentioned by the Vice President last week in Lagos at The Nation Newspaper’s First National Economic Forum.

It is hoped that with this clarification, the raging controversy over the Calabar – Lagos rail project will be put to rest.

Signed:
Akpandem James
Media Adviser to the Honourable Minister

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MUSIC ALERT - Wizboyy – Gimme Ur Love

WizBoyy makes a splash with his new sweet single titled ‘Gimme ur Love‘.

The new single sees heavy percussion with a hint of the talking drum – a rare element that only Wizboyycan pull.

Urban highlife, love and Wizboyy are three words that go hand in hand.

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NEWS - "I find it hard to trust people's words" writes 68yr-old Swedish woman dumped by her 26yr old Ugandan husband

Mona-lisa Larsson who is still reeling from the shock of being dumped by her 26-year-old Ugandan husband, Ronald Ssemawere aka Guvnor Ace, shared this post on  Facebook few days ago. Is she making reference to her failed marriage? Mona-Lisa had accused the artiste of using her to get into Europe and now wants to marry a younger woman. According to her post, Guvnor Ace is seeking political asylum in Norway. 

"I 've seen that many men and women think about drama they play different games to get gains in a relationship. They are not honest with each other. There is no communication, they don't want it then it can come up with other partnen who they are.

It must be hard to imagine all the time. It is not possible to build a relationship on dishonesty. But maybe they don't want any relationship without a transport to reach their goals.

I believe that the one who is honest can earn on it. I find it hard to trust people's words it is the plot, which reveals who they are. We are so naive that we think our partner thinks like us, they don't.

Why is culture and klastillhörighet important. There is all the time hidden rules to get us to understand, even men and women

Thinking of different ways, it is important for a woman is not important for a man.

Maybe we should start to see the differences instead of the similarities to föstå each other.

What are the values which objectives we have is our partner of the judicial process or do we see only our needs and benefits.

What do we have for the other on the trip or is the other not in our common plan. We go all too easy in a relationship without knowing the other partner. Do we know övrhuvudtaget ourselves.

A few thoughts that I have."

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NEWS - FG probes Swiss ambassador alleged to have come to Nigeria with his gay partner

According to a report by Daily Trust, the federal government is investigating Switzerland’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Eric Mayooraz, after it was alleged that he brought his gay partner with him to Nigeria.

Mayooraz who was posted to Nigeria last year to head the Swiss mission, is alleged to have arrived the country in company of his gay partner, a Brazilian whose name was given simply as Carlos.

Spokesperson of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Akinremi Bolaji, confirmed that the Federal government was indeed investigating the claims and that if the Swiss ambassador is found guilty, he will be made to face the law.

“We are aware of the development and have started investigation. It is either they have deceived us because we would never have allowed such a person to enter the country if we were aware before now. We have a law, which must be obeyed by all. If we find him culpable, he will be made to face the full wrath of the law.”he said

In 2013, the Goodluck Jonathan led administration signed the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act into law. The law frowns at any form of same sex relationships and stipulates a 14 year jail term for anyone found guilty of committing the act

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NEWS - IStandWithBuhari people spotted buying black market (photos)

The irony of it all. The staunch Buhari supporters were seen buying black market in their marked car in Abuja recently. 

This is what they call suffering and smiling. Lol

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ARTICLE - Most Nigerian pastors are fake - Oritsejafor

A former National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, says most people who claim to be pastors or men of God are not, as they were not called by God in the first place.

Oritsejafor expressed displeasure over how ‘these men of God’ have now turned the church into a business centre and living flamboyant lives, stating that the development was the reason kidnappers now see the church as a place to make money.

In a recent chat with the Punch, the outgoing President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, said, “The problem we have in the church is that a lot of these pastors are not men of God as they were not called.

“They are mercenaries, commercially minded people. The duty of the church is to preach morality not materialism and because Nigerians are very gullible; they are easy victims of deceit. They fall prey to some of these pastors or prophets of doom. The way they live gives a wrong impression of what should be in a church of God. There should be no room for material possessions.

“I am not saying a man of God should not live a life of comfort but it should be a life of good comfort; that is why kidnapping is now a common thing even in the church.

“It is unfortunate that we are having this kind of problem because most places of religious gathering, particularly of the Christian faith, are seemingly reducing their faith to commercials. So many people think they have money and most of them live a flamboyant lifestyle.

“As such, the kidnappers mistake them for money men but there is nothing there. The kidnappers would be kept at bay if they stopped preaching prosperity and allowing dirty money to go into the church coffers. I also think the church is losing its moral values. The values are disappearing gradually.

“We should preach values and not materialism. I think the churches themselves should look inwards and correct the poor impression they are giving people outside that there is money in the church, whereas there is none,” he stated.

On his opinion on the Kaduna State bill against public preaching, Oritsejafor said Governor Nasir el-Rufai had seemingly taken the wrong step.

Oristejafor said, “He should call a meeting of all the stakeholders in that state with respect to religious activities before rushing to the state Assembly for any bill. Be that as it may, we have to be very careful if there is any bill intended to wear religious colouration.

“When Sharia was introduced into this country we were lucky to have a Christian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, who tamed it. Nigeria would have been engulfed by the conflagration. Sharia would have been misunderstood.

“There are already enough laws in the statue book that take care of what Governor El-Rufai has in mind. I have no objection if he wants to curb noise pollution in the name of religion. I quite agree if this is the basis. But in a situation where it is meant to tackle extremism, libel, sedition, incitement and more, there are enough laws in our statute book for this. Doing otherwise is not good for him.

“I have tremendous respect for him for he was the person bold enough to say that there should be no more street begging. Yes, that was a sensible thing because even in the Islamic countries such is not allowed,” the pastor stated.

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ARTICLE - The Murder Of The Fulani: Yugoslavia Unfolding - Femi Fani-Kayode

The Department of State Security (DSS) have claimed that five Fulani herdsmen were abducted, killed and buried in a mass grave by members of IPOB in Abia state a few days ago. They have also claimed that there were up to fifty more bodies in that mass grave and that they are all Fulani. The implications of this announcement is obvious. It will create more tension and fear in the land and it will lead to reprisal killings in the north.

Violence is never the way out and I have always believed that it has no place in any civilized society. Yet what I find curious about this announcement is the fact that it is unique and historic. I say this because thousands of Igbos, Yorubas, Niger-Deltans and Middle Belters have been killed by Fulani militants and herdsmen over the last ten months since President Buhari came to power yet the DSS has never announced it and told the country about the details and ethnic identities of the victims.

When one thousand Shiite Muslims were slaughtered in Zaria and buried in mass graves the DSS did not speak. When five hundred Idomas were massacred in Agatu by Fulani militants the DSS did not speak. When hundreds of southern and Middle Belt farms were raided by AK-47-wielding Fulani herdsmen who murdered, raped, burnt down and took over the land of their victims the DSS never gave us details of the victims or made any announcements.

When our leaders in the south were kidnapped and when men witnessed their wives and children being raped and butchered by the Fulani militias before their very eyes the DSS made no announcements. When the International Terror Index told the world that the Fulani militias in Nigeria are the "fourth most deadly terror organization in the world" the DSS said nothing and neither did they give us details about their activities or their victims.

Worse of all is the fact that our government and our President, who himself happens to be a Fulani, has never deemed it fit or necessary to condemn the activities of the Fulani herdsmen and militants and neither have they expressed any sympathy or displayed any empathy for their many victims. Let me be clear: the murder of anyone, regardless of their ethnicity or faith, is unacceptable to me.

I deplore murder and violence and in my view the killing of one innocent soul diminishes the humanity of every single one of us as a community and nation. However it seems curious that the minute that Fulanis are killed in the east the DSS is quick to rise to the occasion and express concern about it whilst they do not express the same concern when Nigerians from other ethnic nationalities are killed by the Fulani in their own homes and land.

Therein lies the double standard and it is sad and unfortunate. Furthermore not only is it very dangerous but it also confirms the view that our government and security agencies are not only partial but that they are also attempting to implement an ethnic and religious agenda. Three questions must be answered: firstly who is funding the Fulani herdsmen and where do they get their weapons from? Secondly why does our government not only turn a blind eye to the mass murder and genocide that they regularly indulge in but also go out of their way to protect them?

And thirdly why do the government and security agencies have so much hatred and contempt for those that the Fulani regularly target and their victims and why do they believe that those victims do not deserve to enjoy the full protection of the Nigerian Federal Government? Could it be because they are regarded as slaves and second class citizens?

Is Fulani blood and are Fulani lives more important than others? Indeed do non-Fulani lives matter in President Buhari's Nigeria? Are we compelled to begin a ‘’non-Fulani lives matter’’ movement which is based and fashioned on the ‘’Black Lives Matter’’ movement in the United States of America before we can draw the attention of the world to what is going on in our country? Is it not obvious and logical that when the security agencies refuse to protect the citizens from the murderous hordes and herdsmen from hell those citizens will eventually seek to protect themselves and go on the offensive?

That is human nature and it is to be expected. Is it not clear to those in power that when a people are convinced that their government is no longer impartial in any conflict and that the security agencies of that government have been directed to go out of their way to actively and openly support those that constantly and regularly slaughter their people it will eventually lead to open war? Is it so difficult to accept the fact that no government and no force from hell or on earth can compel or intimidate a man into lying down passively and silently watch his family, loved ones and kinsmen being butchered and slaughtered morning, day and night without trying to protect them and without indulging in some form of retaliation?

With the sort of things that are going on in our country today it is time to tell ourselves some home-truths. No-one wishes to accept it let alone say it but sadly war will come to Nigeria again within the next few years. I do not want war and I consider it to be the ultimate evil but I am constrained to speak the truth and say things as I see them. The fact that a war is coming is a testimony to the fact that we have all failed to manage the peace that God has given us since 1970 and the cessation of hostilities after our brutal civil war.

We have failed so badly that the remote and immediate causes of that civil war are back with us today even though we hate to admit or acknowledge it. Our country is like Yugoslavia unfolding before it exploded and violently broke into five separate countries. All the signs are there. Anyone that knows about the history of Yugoslavia or that is a student of world history will agree with me and appreciate what I am saying. Consider the dangerous mix. A crumbling economy. An inept, weak, failing and paranoid government. A hungry, angry and increasingly desperate civilian population. An ignorant, obsessive, arrogant, insensitive, corrupt and self-absorbed political class who are out of touch with reality.

The ruthless implementation of an ethnic and religious agenda by a reckless and irresponsible government that refuses to consider the implications of taking such a course of action and that have an early-1960’s mind-set. The growing unrest, ethnic killings and sectarian murders.


An ethnic and religious division within the Armed Forces and security agencies. A relentless clamp-down on and persecution of the opposition and all dissenting voices by the government and the use of fear as a tool of governance and control.

The entering into a secret and covert treaty and military alliance with a group of Arab Sunni Muslim countries that seek to Islamise our country, that have, over the years, funded the most brutal and barbaric jihadist and radical Islamist terrorist organisations all over the world and that seek to impugn our national integrity and violate the secularity of our state.

 The constant and open abuse of power. The impunity and insensitivity of the Buhari administration to the plight of the masses. The hunger, hardship, poverty and suffering in the land. The failure of the government to get rid of the fuel queues and supply electrical power.

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NEWS - Jonathan becomes first African leader to win Martin Luther King human rights award

Former President Goodluck Jonathan was awarded in the US on Thursday for his leadership in human rights in Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria.

Jonathan, who was awarded in recognition of his leadership in “human rights, social justice and universal fight for freedom”, becomes the first African leader to be so honoured.

The presidential award was presented by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, founded by the late American human rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr, best known for his human rights struggles and the I-have-a-dream speech.

In statement on Friday, the former president expressed his pleasure in being so honoured and also meeting the sister of the famous human rights activist.

“I thank Dr. Charles Steele Jr, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, and the executive of the SCLC for honoring me today,” he said.

“It was also a pleasure to meet Naomi King, the sister of the late American Civil Rights leader and founder of the SCLC, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who was kind enough to attend the event and identify with the goals and aspirations of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation.

“By this award, I am further inspired to continue to work for the advancement of democracy, peace and progress in Nigeria and Africa.”

Jonathan is billed to be in the US for the 2016 Hope Global Forums conference, where he is expected to Succeed the 42nd president of the US, Bill Clinton as keynote speaker.

In the letter sent to Jonathan in December 2015, he was invited to join the biggest 500 companies in the world in their promotion of King’s human right ideals.

“We invite you to join Fortune 500 CEO’s, private investors, financial leaders and government officials to connect and collaborate on this vision,” the letter had read.

“With the theme ‘Reimagining the Global Economy: Inclusive Economics’, the annual meeting is set against the backdrop of the Martin Luther King Holiday weekend and gathers leaders from government, community and the private sector to outline a vision for the modern global economy.”

Jonathan was earlier in Florida to welcome his second grandchild, delivered by his adopted daughter, Inebharapu Paul.

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ENTERTAINMENT GIST -Mariah Carey insures her vocal cords and hamstrings for $70 million

Mariah, who has one of the most powerful voices in the music industry, just insured her vocal cords and hamstrings for $35 million dollars each. The 46 year old mother of two, who is on tour, insured her most valuable assets because if anything happens to them it could result in a huge loss of profits


TMZ reports below...

Mariah Carey no doubt has the most expensive vocal cords and hamstrings in America ... because we found out she's insured both for $70 million.

Mariah's on tour now, and it's so successful she just agreed to extend it to South America. Fact is, there are millions of dollars on the line now, and if anything happens to her major assets it could result in an epic loss of profits.

To guard against all that, our sources say Mariah and company just got a $35 million insurance policy for her voice, and another policy of equal amount for her gams.
We're told the monthly premium is super expensive ... in the many thousands of dollars, but it's worth it.

You would think she'd invest at least $10 mil on her ass

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VIDEO - Emmanuella, Mark Angel & Denilson Igwe – Spell It

Mark Angel drops another creative hilarious skit featuring the whole crew titled Spell it, Emmanuella loves to humiliate her uncle and in this skit she acted it so perfectly with her priceless/ameboic facial expressions. loool. 




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MUSIC ALERT - Marvellous Benjy ft. Solid Star – Locked down

Veteran Dancehall soldier – Marvellous Benjy is back with a brand new whip-of-a-song. He titles this one – ‘Lockdown‘, and it features Solid Star.

Enjoy!

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SPORTS - Lionel Messi joins the Huawei family of global brand ambassadors

Huawei Announces Lionel Messi’s Appointment As The Latest Global Brand Ambassador  For It’s Consumer Business Group. The Affiliation Shows The Commitment Of The Brand To Aligning With People That Demonstrate And Strive Towards Its Shared Value Of Connecting Greatness.

Challenges Test Our Desire To Achieve What We Want And Love. To Connect With Greatness, We Have To Value The Growth, Learning, Experiences And Struggles As Part Of Our Story That Brought Us Where We Are Now. Those Who Understand That WE Are Always Pursuing Not Success But Challenges To Be Better. That Is What Makes Huawei And Lionel MessiA Perfect Fit.

According To The Country Manager, Huawei Consumer Business Group Nigeria, Mr. Leo Jiang, “Football Is A Passionate Sport With Lots Of Passionate Fans, Especially Here In Nigeria. We Are Of Course Absolutely Excited To Be Associated With The World’s Top Football Legend, Lionel Messi. This Will Help Our Brand Encourage People To Focus, Persevere, And Make Breakthroughs To Connect With Greatness”.

Huawei Has Gone Further To Introduce Its Flagship Smartphone The Huawei Mate 8 And Its Mid-Range Phone The G-Power Into The Nigerian Market To Suit The Various Lifestyles Of Its Consumers. G Power Gives Its Customers A Premium Feel At An Affordable Price Point With A Reverse Charging Feature That Enables The Huawei G.PowerCharge Other Smartphones.  MessiIs Immediately Fronting A Campaign For Current Flagship Phone, The Huawei Mate 8.

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ENTERTAINMENT GIST - Cynthia Morgan Goes Back To Taking Cabs after Her Range Rover Gets Stolen

Jude Okoye’s signee, Cynthia Morgan, whose white Range Rover automobile was stolen few weeks ago, now moves around in taxis, Naij reports.

A source revealed to Naij that, at the moment, she is quite down psychologically and emotionally. She has also decided to be indoors, keeping to herself most of the time.

The source was quoted as saying:

“But if it is important for her to go out, she takes taxis. I actually understand her grief because she said goodbye to that club barely six months ago when the Range Rover arrived, but she is back to square one now. It hurts everybody.”

The car was allegedly stolen about two weeks ago from a compound in Omole Phase1. The driver, who was later arrested by Cynthia, was the first to report the theft incident at Grammar School police station, Ojodu, Lagos.

Efforts to recover it have so far proven abortive. Cynthia was away in Abuja as at the time of the theft..

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COMEDY VIDEO: AY Ft. Falz, Princess, Elenu, Pencil & Chigurl – Na So We See Am (DOWNLOAD)

The year 2016 came with massive surprises, beefs and funny moments all captured by the genius called AY in this master piece, don’t miss it!”

AY, Falz d Bahd Guy, Chigurl, Princess, Elenu, Pencil, Whale Mouth and many others killed it.

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SPORTS -Arsenal wonderkid, Alex Iwobi shares family pictures

Super eagles /Arsenal youngster Alex iwobi recently shared this adorable pix showing off his parents and beautiful sister.

I think he has a cute family

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